This article was taken from our archives. It originally appeared in the May 1931 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did in print originally. Early in 1907, a group of small children were playing with a rubber ball in the vicinity of Bailey’s Bay, when suddenly their plaything vanished. In the search for the ball one of the boys discovered a deep hole in the earth which he plumbed with a long stick. It was apparently…
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How Bermuda’s Hills, Dales, Reefs and Byways Got Their Names
The legacy of a running feud between Bermuda’s government and some of its voters is preserved in Southampton’s Piecrust Place, a small cul-de-sac near St. Anne’s Church where the issue of what’s in a name once sparked an amusing rebellion.…
June 11, 2020
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Short Story: George and the Haunted House
It's 1932 and a young seaman, posted with the Royal Navy in Dockyard, gets a night out in Hamilton with his mates. What could go wrong? This article was first published in the August 1932 issue of The Bermudian. It…
April 30, 2020
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Bermuda Bound
An account of the Wanderer’s voyage from Essex, Connecticut, to St. George’s, Bermuda. This article first appeared in the January, 1932 issue of The Bermudian. Leslie Howarth had summoned the four voluntary members of his crew to convene at Essex…
April 30, 2020
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The Blackburn Plot: A Tale of Death and Deception in the Yellow Fever Era
This short story was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the December 1933 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Marion Ainsworth had been disgraced, and discharged without notice by Vincent Candee, managing…
April 23, 2020
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Bermuda During the Second World War
In September 1939, Dr. William (Bill) Cooke was just 11½ years old, living in a BELCO owned house on Cemetery Road. Years later he would write in his memoir that he saw “several policemen ride up to the BELCO Front…
March 19, 2020
